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Choice of Access to the Media of the Older People In Srisa Jorakhaenoi Subdistrict Administration Organization Samutprakarn Province
The objective of the research to study correlation between the older people’s process of selection of access to the media and their self-care taking behavior. Methodology applied is survey. Samples are 295 older people at 60 years of age. Questionnaires are used as the tool for data gathering. Data gathering was conducted between 12-19 October …
Fostering Empathy, Logical Thinking, and Creativity by Literary Texts: A Neuroscientific Approach
This paper aims to show that reading a literary text is an effective means to foster empathy, logical thinking, and creativity, all of which are indispensable for students as future citizens of the world who should understand other cultural values and cope with the multifaceted current of globalization appropriately and flexibly. Drawing on the studies …
Exploring Singaporean Children’s Chinese Word Learning Experience
Learners’ word learning experience and learning needs are valuable indicators for learning resource developers. This article introduces a study on exploring Singaporean children’s Chinese word learning experience and learning needs after school. Through the analyses of learners’ needs in Chinese word learning, we seek solutions for developing a digital Chinese word resource that better suit …
Depth Perception and Visual Manipulation of Japanese Gardens
The primary interest of this research is to introduce the principle of visual perception of depth and how the principles are implemented and applied into Japanese garden design. Physical and psychological proximity to nature is essential for Japanese gardens. Consequently, many Japanese gardens are located near or surrounded by natural environment, however some of …
City of a Nation and a Nation of Cities: Jawaharlal Nehru and the Civic Consciousness of Anti-Colonial Nationalism in India
Most historical writings on India have often put the village as the backdrop of the study of Indian society. This has come from certain intellectual perception of India as often been consisting of “village republics” or agrarian society widely prevalent in Colonial India. This sidelines the history of cities and how they were crucial in …
Patriotic Rhetoric in Chinese Public Space
As a primary means of communication language, spoken or written is an indispensable tool for philosophers, religious preachers and political propagandists. What message reaches their audience to a great extent dependents on the skills of the speakers/writers and the rhetorical technics applied by them. In consequence, what is known about the message is often more …
Tourism Communication of Bangkok Governor
The purpose of this research is 1) To study the communication of Bangkok Governor and Tourism policy and 2) To study tourism communication of Bangkok Governor. The Methodology of this research are Qualitative and Descriptive. This is a documentary research which basically its source of information are as followed: 1) Primary document which is Bangkok …
Socio-Energy-Environmental Management in West Bali: A Case Study of Gilimanuk Gas-Turbine Power Plant, Indonesia
This paper mainly presents about Environmental Management, taking into account energy and societal aspects, of Gilimanuk Gas-Turbine Power Plant (GTPP), West Bali ā€“ Indonesia. Currently Gilimanuk GTPP is a stand-by unit for electricity back-up in Java ā€“ Madura ā€“ Bali (JaMaLi) interconnection grid system. For the last couple years, Gilimanuk GTPP is not fully operational, …
Measuring classroom pedagogical transformations when “Educating for change”? A lesson from Singapore
By standards of international benchmarking tests, Singapore’s education system has been successful in making shifts needed to meet the emerging demands of the 21st century. Despite this recognition, locally, stubborn narratives of Singaporeans’ educational experiences as being primarily didactic and exam-focused persist, with official and public constructions of the “inadequate-Singaporean” being a prototypical fall-out of …
Confronting Science Anxiety Through ‘in Dialogue with Nature’ – A Science Core-Text General Education Course
Science anxiety is a common phenomenon among students taking traditional science courses, including some science-related general education courses. It has been observed that science anxiety hinders students from effective scientific literacy and confident application of science skills to solve problems. ‘In Dialogue with Nature’ (UGFN1000) is a compulsory general education course for undergraduates of The Chinese …
A Critical Review of Three Current Cantonese Textbooks Published for Teaching Cantonese for Mandarin Speakers in Hong Kong
Despite the growing importance of Mandarin, Cantonese has not died out in Mainland China. There are at least over 66 million Cantonese speakers in the world, and Cantonese is classified as a language in need of preservation. The dialect is still the primary language used in Hong Kong, and spoken in the Chinese communities in …
Recent Computer Applications in Marketing
Especially in recent years, marketing efforts of businesses have gained more importance along with the intense competition. Creating value to the target market and facilitating the life of consumers have become the primary goals of the firms. There is no doubt that offering simplicity to the consumers will affect the success of businesses in competitive …
Chinese Music, Difference and Inter-community Relations in a 19th-century New Zealand Gold-mining Setting
The socio-cultural milieu of colonial New Zealand changed significantly in the 1860s as a result of the discovery of gold and the subsequent immigration of Chinese miners at the invitation of the Dunedin Chamber of Commerce. At first, Chinese miners arrived from the Australian goldfields, where they had earlier migrated, and later from southern China …
Assessment Difficulty and Educational Needs of Home Care Nurses Providing Medical Care for Cancer Patients in Japan: Examining the Viewpoints
The primary cause of death in Japan is malignant tumors, and the increase in medical expenses is increasing social security costs. It is expected that home recuperation of cancer patients will increase in the future. Therefore, improving home care nurses’ practical skills is an urgent issue. This study aimed to clarify the assessment difficulty experienced …
The Implementation of the Mother Tongue-Based Multilingual Education (MTB-MLE) Program in Northern Isabela, Philippines: Reactions, Attitudes and Perceptions of Teachers
In June 2012, the K to 12 Curriculum was implemented in the Philippines. Basic education is now thirteen years instead of the usual ten years. In the K to 12 Curriculum, the elementary grades will focus on the core learning areas namely: languages, mathematics, science and social studies. One of the highlights of the K …
The Interconnection of Chinese and Western Cultures: The Policy, Development and Expansion of International Early Childhood Education in China
In recent years, the tight control of history narratives and censorship of school textbooks has made the universities suffered by the ideological crackdown from the communist Chinese government. Even though international schools in big cities, such as in Beijing and Shanghai, have been facing the prohibition of using liberal but non-government approved materials in their …
Leagility in Education: Logistics and Supply Chain Management as a Dynamic Education Paradigm
The terminology of-agile education’,-agile pedagogy’,-the agile classroom’, has gained prominence in the literature in recent times. The concept of agile education emanates from the concept of-organizational agility’, which has been adopted and adapted to agile shipbuilding, agile logistics and supply chain, and agile software development, which, together with the concepts of Lean Thinking, which has …
Secondary School Students’ Educational Perceptions and Experiences in Nyarugusu Refugee Camp
In Tanzania’s Nyarugusu Camp, one of the world’s largest and most protracted refugee camps, only 7% of youth are enrolled in secondary school. These rates are surprising, especially considering that primary school enrollment rates stand at nearly 80% (UNHCR, 2017 March 31). This study, which is in-progress, explores the question of what it means to …
ISSN: 2434-5881 – The IAFOR Conference for Higher Education Research – Hong Kong 2018: Official Conference Proceedings
CHER-HongKong2018, Lingnan University, Hong Kong
CHER-HongKong2018 Conference Theme: “Innovation, Entrepreneurship & Value”
Friday, October 19 – Sunday, October 21, 2018
ISSN: 2434-5881
ISSN: 2186-5892 The Asian Conference on Education 2018: Official Conference Proceedings
ACE2018, Toshi Center Hotel, Tokyo, Japan
Conference Theme: “Surviving & Thriving”
Saturday, October 13th – Monday, October 15th, 2018
ISSN: 2186-5892
ISSN: 2186-5906 – The Asian Conference on Media, Communication & Film 2018: Official Conference Proceedings
MediAsia2018, Toshi Center Hotel, Tokyo, Japan
MediAsia2018 Conference Theme: “Reclaiming the Future”
Tuesday, October 9 – Thursday, October 11, 2018
ISSN: 2186-5906
Set Up a Bridge Between the Classroom and the Real World
The research project intended to integrate the realities and theories of service learning, training methods and curricula, interdisciplinary research results in Industry-university cooperation, betterness education, and social expectations to create a new pedagogical praxis research platform. For the new generation with a fierce competition, how to enhance the ability to survive is an important issue …
Student Ambiguity Tolerance as Predictor of Problem-Solving Ability in Mathematics
Development of problem-solving ability among students is one of the main goals of mathematics education. This study investigated the relationship between student ambiguity tolerance and their problem-solving ability in mathematics. In particular, it sought to determine whether or not students’ positive reaction toward unfamiliar or uncertain stimuli predict their ability to solve non-routine word problems. …
Manufactory: Promoting 3D Spatial Skills with Productive Failure and Educational Games
This research study investigated an innovative teaching and learning framework that incorporated the proven concept of Productive Failure (PF) and educational games. The aim is to design a new approach that effectively enhances students’ learning experience and improves their understanding capacities in the threshold concepts of product manufacturing and assembly. As a measure to promote …
Van Hiele’s Instructional Model in Teaching Tangents and Secants of Circles
The research study aimed to identify the pupils’ skill in proving mathematical concepts about tangents and secants of circles using Van Hiele’s instructional model. Quasi – experimental method of research was used in this study. The study was conducted during the first semester of S.Y.2017 – 2018 using fifteen students from Grade 10 as the …
Syntactic Variety and Writing Quality: An Investigation on EFL Students’ Argumentative Writing
The variety of syntactic structure of sentences has regarded as an important indicator of sentence fluency and writing proficiency. However, previous research on the relationship between syntactic variety and text quality has failed to reveal consistent patterns. Therefore, this study aims to examine the relationship of a single measure of syntactic variety with the quality …
Renewable Energy Solutions for Sustainable Fishing Practices and Improved Livelihoods of the Fisherfolk in the South West Coast of India
This paper looks at the application of renewable energy solutions for sustainable fishing practices and improved livelihoods of the fisherfolk in the south west coast of India. This region is featured with the indigenous coastal community which is known for their traditional and sustainable fishing practices. At the same time, they are considered to be …
Collaborative Bilingual Teaching in Turkish EFL Context
This study investigates the collaborative bilingual teaching based on co- teaching model by an English language teacher and a subject teacher in a private primary level school in Istanbul. It explores the administrators’ and teachers’ perceptions and attitudes. During the bilingual collaborative teaching, each 1st grade class is staffed by two Turkish native teachers – …
Understanding Visible Learning Through a Brain Targeted Teaching Framework
Content Standard(s): The content standards or success criteria for this session encompass the following objectives: 1. Understand what Visible Learning is2. Know the main implications of Visible Learning3. Understand the attitude of expert teachers4. Prepare lessons for Visible Learning5. Analyze learning and feedback6. Investigate your Mind frameLearning Workshop Overview: Teachers taking this session will know …
Mature Learners & School Leavers: Exploring Learning Approaches of First Year Pre-Service Teachers
This paper compares the learning approaches of pre-service teachers on an undergraduate Bachelor of Education Primary Teaching programme. The study examined differences between mature learners and school leavers. Results were obtained from a quantitative survey of 260 pre-service teachers. In the first phase of the research, the participants completed a modified Learning Approach inventory. Following …
Words to Explain Words: How Teachers Explain Second Language Vocabulary
Vocabulary plays one of the most crucial roles in language competence and learning, and has gained considerable attention in second language acquisition research and education. However, the largely learner-centered research has focused directly on learner thoughts, behaviors and development, paying little attention to the role of teachers’ vocabulary explanations and their effects on learner outcome.In …
The Interactive Method for Training Guangxi Medical University Professors Teaching Medicine by Using English as Medium of Instruction
Besides general ESL teaching in primary and secondary schools, universities, and adult education, training professionals for specific purposes is another alternative for thriving English language education in the rapidly changing era. However, very little research has been conducted for investigation of training medical professionals the effective EMI teaching of medicine. This paper reports the design …
Gender-Biased Words Marked by Indonesian Suffixes Wan, Wati, and Man: A Socio-Morphological Study
Bahasa Indonesia is not included into sexist language, such as English, German, French, or Arabic. Some words, however, are viewed in non-neutral usage related to gender perspectives. It motivates the writer to conduct a study concerning gender-biased words found in Bahasa Indonesia. The current study aims to describe the forms of gender biased words found …
A Semiotic Analysis of Solo Basahan as a Traditional Javanese Clothes
In this century, the globalization is the common phenomena that can open the chance to influence the tradition and culture in some areas. The culture and its products like clothes will be easily replaced by the modern one. It already happens on Javanese traditional clothes called Solo Basahan, as we know that it contains the …
The Experiences of the Members of Basic Faith Community (BFC) of San Isidro Labrador Parish, Virac, Catanduanes
This study explores the Basic Faith Community experience of San Isidro Labrador Parish in Virac, Catanduanes. It also identifies the personal, spiritual and community life of the members prior to and after joining the Basic Faith Community (BFC). The primary data were gathered from documents of the diocese; parish priest; priests directly involved in the …
ISSN: 2186-2303 – The Asian Conference on the Social Sciences 2017: Official Conference Proceedings
ACSS2017 Art Center of Kobe, Kobe, Japan
Conference Theme: “East Meets West: Innovation and Discovery”
Thursday, June 8 – Sunday, June 11 2017
ISSN: 2186-2303
Children and Domestic Violence: The Perspective of Abused Women in Malaysia
Domestic violence has been regarded as a significant social and public health problem in many countries. Notably, the impact of such victimization experiences may have adverse consequences not only for the victims, but their children, families, friends as well as the whole of society. The purpose of this study is to explore the abused women’s …
Risk Assessment Tool for Adverse Outcomes of Occupational Stress: Development and Investigation of Psychometric Properties
Objectives: While psychosocial factors at work have been widely mentioned as important contributors to occupational stress, only recent research suggests that some non-work factors (e.g. some socioeconomic, personality and health risks) could also contribute to the adverse outcomes of work-related stress. The aim of our study was to develop a comprehensive instrument that would include …
Technology and Struggling Readers: The Ticket to a Brave New Future
Technology is changing the way reading is taught and is adding new possibilities to existing pedagogical practices. The challenge for educators is to effectively incorporate new technologies in the reading classroom to effectively introduce students to the experience and benefits of multi modal texts. As Larson (2009) notes, multimodal text experiences are common for learners …
Curative Methods of Thai Traditional Medicine
The purpose of this study was to examine, identify, and accumulate all existing methods of Thai traditional medicine that were available in Chachoengsao Province, Thailand. All practitioners of a traditional system of medicine developed and selected methods of treatment, which had been existed in Thailand before the advent of European medicine, still flourish. Observing, interviewing, …
Analysis on Social Remittances as the Impact of International Migrationcase Study: The Return Migrant Women in East Java, Indonesia
The research examines the return migrant women remittances through social approaches. Remittances are mostly associated with economic contribution since they have given significant impact on increasing household income, influencing the exchange rate, and creating capital stock in most sending countries. Indonesia experiences a definite feminization of migrant labor force. The worker leaving Indonesia for Malaysia, …
The Impact of Energy Transition on the O&G Supply Chain: A Content Analysis of Corporate Sustainability Reports
Concerns over environmental impact of oil and gas (O&G) and its future availability have resulted in increased call for transition to low carbon energy. Although various studies have been conducted on energy transition, few researchers studied the impact of the transition to O&G supply chain. Since O&G is one of the primary sources of energy, …
Key Issues on Designing and Implementing Emissions Trading System in China
The mitigation of carbon emissions has been the subject of gradual policy development in the international community during recent years. China, as the world’s most populous and largest developing country, is a large greenhouse gas emissions source that grows rapidly in line with its industrialisation and urbanisation. Extensive air pollution within China today, however, is …
Sustainable City Indicators for Greater Mae Kong Sub-Region : Cases from Thailand and Lao PDR
Countries in Greater Mae Kong Sub-region (GMS) have agreed in 1992 to develop international cooperation aiming for economic development, which will in turn improving quality of life of local citizens. However, economic development, if unplanned, may cause adverse impacts to local society. New cities in this region have arisen at a rapid rate in the …
Students’ Perspectives on Learning Environments: Factors Affecting Their Satisfaction and Emotions in School
Children spend most of their waking time in school; therefore, experiences in school are a major domain in their life. Aside from academic achievement as one of indicator of school effectiveness, students’ affective statuses, such as school satisfaction and emotions, need to be given more attention by parents and educators because its impact on students’ …
English as a Second Language; Engaging the Early Years through Interactive Tablet Application Software
An interactive tablet application for the new Microsoft Surface has been developed that targets early years of primary school education (kindergarten students) for improvement in English literacy and linguistic skills. The application services remote learning in English as a second language and is developed in accordance with school curricula and learning objectives, in collaboration with …
The Trauma of the Loss of Identity and Anguish of Alienation: An Appraisal of the Indian Writing in English
This paper explores alienation as a global problem in reference to Indian Writing in English. We all live in a global world today where people with different backgrounds and roots come in contact with one another feeling the difference between home and exile. These individuals are torn between two cultures and are unable to totally …
A Study of Chinese University Students’ Usage of Logical Connectors in English Argumentations, Descriptions and Narrations
Logical connectors are important cohesive devices in written discourse to guide readers through texts. This study aims to examine the cognitive activities that the Chinese university students perform while adopting adversative, causal and temporal logical connectors in English argumentations, descriptions and narrations. It also investigates the factors which explain for the Chinese students’ behaviors of …
Placing Digital Literacy in Audiovisual Translation Studies
Egypt’s second revolution on June 30th 2013 came to reinforce the power of digital technology and the importance of digital literacy. The ability to create, access and understand material online has been crucial to recent Egyptian developments since January 2011. Yet, digital literacy is only the domain of a small group of young, tech-savvy Egyptians. …
Problems and Advantages of Children with Filipino Parents in Their School Lives in the Philippines and in Japan: Through Their Experiences in Both Countries
The paper focuses on the problems in primary and secondary education of children with Filipino parents in Japan. The number of these children who are studying at schools at the elementary and secondary education levels in Japan has been increasing. Some measures regarding the education of new-comer foreign children have been implemented however they themselves, …
Investigation into a Special Needs Student Coping with a Physical Handicap and the Issue of Low-visual Acuity to Understand How it Affects the Student’s Learning and Social Interaction; and Suggesting Possible Strategies to Overcome These Barriers to Learning
In this unique case study I identify the issue of low-visual acuity and how it affects a student’s learning in an international institution, compounded with physical mobility problems by analysis of the learning/teaching environment. This is of extreme importance as “data from international studies show that approximately 25% of school-age children carry some form of …
Colonialism, Migrations and Ethnic Integration in Asia: The Case of Modern Sri Lanka
Colonialism fundamentally changed the traditional pattern of Asian migration and opened new avenues for trade and investment for migrant merchant communities and occupational opportunities as indentured labour for agrarian classes. The Indian communities who migrated to Sri Lanka during British rule played vital and diverse roles in the colony’s economic transformation. When Sri Lanka transformed …
The Exhaustion of the Multicultural Australian Philosophy and the Rise of a New Visual Regime of Signification: Melbourne between Multiculturalism and Globalization
The Second World War caused unprecedented hardship, but it also accelerated change. A massive European immigration reached Australia’s shores, giving rise to a sort of ideal multi-ethnic society. Between history and myth, diverse ethnic groups interacted without coalescing and by maintaining distinctive, national or group cultural identities. Indeed Melbourne rose as one of the world’s …
The Feasibility of Implementing Standard Chinese Characters in Hong Kong
As the outcome of the reform of Chinese characters in China during the 1950s, the system of Standard (Simplified) Chinese characters had established its international status and is one of the official languages of the United Nations. However, the conventional use of Traditional Chinese characters in Hong Kong has never been affected, not even after …
The Contributions of E-School, a Student Information Management System, to the Data Processes, Environment, Education and Economy of Turkey
This paper is about E-school system which has a great importance in increasing the effectiveness of Turkey’s Education in terms of Information and Communication Technology. E-school is mainly computerized Education Management Information System. It is dynamic, web‐based Student Information Management System for centralized Education System of Turkey that provides solutions for schools so as to …
The “space” in Willa Cather’s Fictions
Willa Cather is famous for a series of Nebraska fictions, in which it depicts the prairie landscape and the pioneers’ lives in the American west. Much attention has been paid to natures descriptions, especially for the American west prairie landscape in her fictions. However, Cheryll Glotfelty points out that “although Cather’s most famous work takes …
Transfiguration of Space: Practice-Based Research in Painting and Digital Art by Kong Ho
Envisioned as a practice-based research project in painting and digital art by Kong Ho, “Transfiguration of Space” will explore the theme of spirituality as it is conveyed through meditative symbolic icons, logarithmic spirals, nautilus shells, floral patterns, natural forms and memoristic images found in my daily living environment. The Taoist-Buddhist perspective for understanding humans and …
The Administration of Professional Director in the Best Practice School: Multi Cases Study in Nakhon Ratchasima Province, Thailand
The objectives of this research were 1) to investigate the characteristics and factors of the professional school directors 2) to study the administration process of professional director in the best practice school, multi cases study of Nakhon Ratchasima Province, Thailand. The target population were 5 school directors in Nakhon Ratchasima province. That consist of school …
A Soft Museum of Hardware Use: Testimonies From the Early Experience of Digital Devices as Historical, Pedagogical and Narrative Assets
This research addresses the validation of narrative legacies of a first generation of digital and online media users upon its mass adoption in the 1980s and 1990s. As a complement to ongoing processes of technological obsolescence, whereby arcane digital media devices become potential museum objects or trending novelties, we vouch for the testimonies of early …
Uses and Gratifications of Live Streaming Apps Amongst Indonesian Youth: An Exploratory Study of Periscope
Indonesia, with a total online population of 93.4 million people in 2015, is one of key regions to watch in the development of digital ecosystem. Social media has been an integral part in Indonesian daily digital activity. APJII found that 87.4% of surveyed Indonesia internet users use social networks. That, coupled with the exponential growth …
From Self Portraits to Geminoid Androids – Identity and Difference in Robotic Doppelgängers
The real and the virtual maintain ambiguous relations in the contemporary context of artificial intelligence. From the social phenomenon of Self-representation in digital identities to the robotic phenomenon of Replication of human beings, cultural models of identity are going to quickly change: “difference” will play a primary role at the heart of identity. The focus …
Effects of Group-based Interactive Cognitive-motor Training (G-ICM) on Cognitive Function in Institutionalized Older Adults: Randomized Controlled Trial
Background: Interactive cognitive-motor training can effectively improve gait, balance performance and reduce their risk of falling of older adults. However, few study explored the effectiveness group-based interactive cognitive-motor training (G-ICMT) on cognitive function in institutionalized older adults. Objective: To examined the effects of G-ICMT on the cognitive function in institutionalized older adults. Methods: An open-label …
Embedding Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) in Design and Technology Subject Through Value-based Approach
As the world evolves in technology and rapid development, education remains the optimal mechanism to instill moral values and virtues amongst society, specifically in early education. This paper explores from Malaysian Education perspectives, particularly on teacher’s pedagogical approaches in embedding Education for Sustainable Development (ESD), the element comprises of environment, social, and economy as the …
Teacher Professional Development Program in an Indonesian Disadvantaged Region
This quantitative study examines the effects of a mandatory teacher professional development (PD) program on the sources of teacher self-efficacy beliefs, and Indonesian teacher self-efficacy beliefs. Instruments used in this study were the Teacher Professional Development Scale (Main & Pendergast, 2017), Sources of Efficacy Information in Professional Learning Environments (Dellinger, 2001), and Teacher Efficacy Beliefs …
Culturally Relevant Gamification Approach for Climate Change Education: Tackling the Climate Change Issues Through Food System Activities
Climate change education require an educational approach that able to engage, motivate, and empowering children to take an action. Gamification approach in education has potential to increase the students’ motivation, and engagement during learning. In climate change education context, to empower students to take an action, educational approach that able to create sense of relatedness …
The Management of Innovative School: A Case Study of Nakhon Ratchasima Province, Thailand
The objectives of this research were to: 1) study the characteristics and factors of Innovative School 2) study the administrative process according to the factors of Innovative School 3) Study the development guidelines for innovative schools. The target group were school director, teachers, personnel, school boards, parents, students, organizations and related agencies of Innovative School …
Matrilineal Canadian Nikkei Generations: Representations of Belonging and Transnational Nikkei Identities
The Japanese in Canada have a complex cultural identity relating to their sense of (not) belonging in Canada, their imaginings of Japan as homeland, and the growth of Nikkei identifying themselves transnationally. This paper compares representations of Canadian Nikkei families in the post-Redress (1988) and post-Canadian Multiculturalism Act (1988) period by Canadian Nikkei authors. It …
The Paradigm of Teacher Empowerment In Educational Institution: Multi-case Study In Nakhon Ratchasima Province, Thailand
The purposes of this research were 1) to study the factors of teacher empowerment in educational institution 2) to study the guideline of teacher empowerment in educational institution 3) to suggest the paradigm of teacher empowerment in educational institution in multiple cases study of Nakhon Ratchasima Province, Thailand. The key informaion consisted of 5 experts …
Health Consideration in Architectural Design: An Interrelation Between Architecture and Neuroscience
Neuroarchitecture is a new frontier in architecture that lies between the interrelation of neuroscience and architecture. The aim of this research is to understand and accumulate factual knowledge on the impact of architectural design in human perception and judgment while monitoring brain activity using electroencephalogram (EEG) recordings. To achieve this, the experiment has been separated …
Achieving Quality in Education Under SDG 4 – Financial Challenges and Gaps from an Indian Perspective
India has made significant progress in universalizing both primary and elementary education by showing holistic improvement in Gross Enrolment Ratio through implementation of education schemes and projects. The flagship programme of Sarva Shikha Abiyaan (SSA) coupled with the Right to Education Act (RTE) has accorded the highest priority for development of education. With a view …
Comparison of Attitudes to Science Fields of the Stakeholders of School Education in Japan and Other Countries
This research addresses the attitudes of the stakeholders of the school education (students, parents and teachers) toward learning and teaching science in the multinational context. In particular, it aims to study the perception of science fields (Physics, Chemistry, Life, Earth and Environmental Science) in the dimensions of their understanding, personal values (interests, priorities, motivations) and …
Introduction of Renewable Energy into City-Chino in Nagano
City-Chino is located at the foot of Mount Yatsugatake in the central Japan. Its elevation ranges from 800 to 1300m above sea level. This area can be characterized by long sunshine duration and a large elevation difference, which are both favorable to the renewable energy. Accordingly, the first author, a civil servent of the local …
Modeling of a Single-Chamber Microbial Fuel Cell Using Glycerin as an Energy Source
A bio-electrochemical system of microbial fuel cell (MFC) can operate on wastewater and various organic substances. One of the promising energy sources is crude glycerin waste from biodiesel production. Similar to any process, MFC needs accurate computational models for modifications and optimization of the system. We propose a comprehensive computational modeling of a membrane-less single-chamber …
Factors Associated with Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorders in School-age Children in Thailand
This cross-sectional analytical study examined the relationship between risk factors of Attention Deficit/ Hyperactivity Disorders (ADHD) in school-age children in Thailand. Materials and methods: The samples were 7,188 Thai students in primary school from grade 1 to 5 in four regions of Thailand and Bangkok, selected by using stratified three-stage cluster sampling. The samples were …
Changing Teachers’ Perceptions on Low-Achieving Students’ Cultural Capital and Habitus
In general, low-achieving students in Singapore schools have been reported to perform well in literacy tests (PIRLS), compared to their counter-parts in other countries. However, for these students to achieve even a higher level of literacy skills in English, as promoted by the latest English Language Syllabus, classroom discourse patterns will need to change. The …
Is the Transportation Revolution Accelerating the Marginalization at Regional Level?
This research aims to illuminate the core is emerging, and the periphery is undergoing marginalization on geography proximity through the spatial competition process of tourism development, using the indexes of traveler’s number of tourist spots and typical itineraries of travelers to explore how marginalization after transportation revolution tourism development. In order to clarify the relationships …
Advancing 5C’s for 21st Century Foreign Language Competency
Given the dynamic nature of globalization, the curriculum design and instruction of foreign language education are constantly being discussed and redefined. While print literacy continues to be the primary instructional medium in the physical classroom settings, the growing and mushrooming access to internet resources, social networks, learning through technology, and multi-modal communication require educators to …
Verticality of Space in Japanese and English with Image-Schema in Cognitive Linguistics
The purpose of this study is to analyze the reconceptualization of lexicon-grammar in a linguistic category of vertical space from Japanese to that of English with image-schema. Talking about space substantially differs among cultures, despite the fact that physical space is the same everywhere (Bowerman, 1996; Levinson, 2003; Pederson et al. 1998). Primary differences between …
Teaching Science in the Basic Education Levels in Nigeria: Challenges and Way Forward
ABSTRACT This paper thus looked into the teaching science in the basic education levels in Nigeria: challenges and way forward. Government and other stakeholders should endeavor to improve the system in order to assist, improve and support science teaching for national development. The challenges noticed include poor funding, lack of appropriate and adequate teaching materials, …
Japan, the Global Novel and the Question of Responsibility
Recent years have seen the arrival of a number of novels, which, while they thematically touch on Japan to some degree, are best situated in a global rather than a national framework. This paper takes four of these novels—Kazuo Ishiguro’s An Artist of the Floating World (1986), David Mitchell’s Ghostwritten (1999), Murakami Haruki’s Umibe no …
Enhancing Reading Ability through Vocabulary Learning and Reading Satisfaction of Grade Eight Thai Rural Students with Self- Made Stories of Virtue and Morality
Reading is the English language skill most emphasized in all Thai educational levels. Therefore, Thai learners of English’s reading ability is highly expected, despite the fact that most of them still lack this ability and need to be enhanced (Chawwang, 2008). Thus, to solve this problem, this study implemented “Self-Made Stories of Virtue and Morality” …
An Analysis of the ESP for Economics: Approaches to Determine the Feasibility of a Reading Program at Secondary Level as
This case study will examine the overarching approaches to second language (L2) reading instruction reflected in the Libyan ESP secondary three curriculum and how well this curriculum prepares students for tertiary reading in the ESP field. The Libyan context was chosen because it highly values ESP instruction and has many similarities with other English for …
Social Media Modi-Fication: Narendra Modi’s Use of Social Media in Indian Elections 2014
Title: Social Media Modi-fication: Narendra Modi’s use of Social Media in Indian Elections 2014 Research objectives: In an unprecedented rise to power Right Wing Bharatiya Janata Party’s candidate, Naredra Modi, now Prime Minister of India, used social media strategies to advance his campaign to the masses. From using 3D holograms at political rallies to caller …
Integrating Formative Assessment in the University Education
Assessment in education should effectively measure if and how students learn. This paper discusses the integration of formative assessment (FA) into the university education. Summative assessment (SA) provides a summary judgment about the learning achieved after some period of time. SA’s primary goal is to inform external audiences for certification and accountability purposes. Formative assessment …
School Leadership: Impact of Changing School Management to Internal Stakeholder Satisfaction
One nearly collapsed public primary school has been determined successful and well managed by a new principal. The case highlights the study of (1) how a woman, the new principal has been successful in carrying out the change on school management; and (2) how this change has given an impact to the satisfaction of school …
Narration as a Means of Formulating and Transferring Tacit Knowledge
The goal of this study is to highlight the importance of the narrative type of knowledge, its relation to tacit knowledge and to outline the specifics of tacit knowledge in the narrative form in the context of teaching. Stories are parts of our identity and culture. We assume that social knowledge (skills) are a specific …
Designing Childrens Multimedia Learning Application in Developing Childrens Knowledge of Child Sexual Abuse
Various educational applications has successfully utilized multimedia in learning environment. Many researchers agree that multimedia can facilitate learning through its advantages. However, there are differences in developing multimedia application for young children and develop multimedia application for adult. Children are different than adults in the way they think and learn, and this difference changes over …
University Students’ User Expectations Concerning E-Textbook Features
E-textbooks are becoming more and more part of the teaching and learning process also in higher education. However, the use and acceptance of e-textbooks lag far behind expectations. The purpose of this study is to investigate how university students evaluate the importance of specific features and applications within e-textbooks for their learning process. The participants …
Technology Acceptance by In-Service Teachers in Hong Kong – Preliminary Results
Educational technology is appealing to some educators due to its potential in supporting a larger variety of pedagogy. Since 1998, the government in Hong Kong has been making continuous investment into the ICT infrastructure and staff training in local public schools to support the use of ICT for teaching and learning enhancement. It is nevertheless …
Mobile Assisted Foreign Language Teaching in Turkey
In Turkey, Mobile phones are recent phenomenon for education and are seriously discussed. The discussions are related to whether mobiles are opportunity or threat. For the ones seeing it as an opportunity, mobiles are among the basic needs for today’s world. For the others it is an addictive object. Meanwhile mobiles have already entered the …
Double-Talk: A Bakhtinian Take on the Code-Mixing Practices of English Language Teachers in China
It is a common phenomenon in many English as a Foreign Language (EFL) contexts for teachers to use the first language to teach English, as it is often assumed that this code-mixing eases novice learners into the target language. However, the extent to which and the exact ways in which such code-mixing practices support student …
Redefining Educational Boundaries with Technology: The Systemic Perspective
This paper examines global trends in education reform from the point of view of a specific references selected within the systemic branch of educational literature. It is argued that a sharper consciousness of the specificities of the global educational environment, with a correspondingly sharper differentiation of the offer of the mainstream educational players, will have …
Exploring Emerging Trends in Information Seeking Strategies for Discovery Learning
The ubiquitous information and communication technologies and internet are a worldwide phenomenon that has revolutionised people’s lives and has reshaped a way which students access and obtain information to assist their learning in the twenty-first century. One significant facet of transformation is the internet has been gradually becoming an only information resource in learning. For …
Learning Promotion Trends Based on Problem and Need of Thai Farmers
Since Thailand has been applying green resolution which is development path, Thai farmers are unsuccessful in term of stable income. Objective of this research is studying farmer’s situation both current problems and needs, objective lead to learning promotion trends in order to build success in occupation. This research is studied by survey research with Thai …
Cultural Taxation: Myth or Reality? Research in Progress
This presentation discusses the rationale and proposed research methods of a research project currently under development in Christchurch, New Zealand. The primary objective of this study is to document the experiences of Maori academics working in mainstream tertiary institutions. Of particular interest will be whether these academics experience any form of cultural taxation and to …
Environmental Economic Benefit Assessment Research of Recycled Phosphor in Obsolete CRTs
Lots of phosphors including rare earth elements (Y, Eu, Ce, Te, etc.) exists in the obsolete CRT TV sets and PC Monitor in recent years, on the other hand, the rare earth resources are scarce, and environmental pollution caused by primary rare earth ore mining is serious. To investigate the environmental benefits derived from recycling …
Folktales, Myths and Legends on Sculptors of South India
History speaks on sculptures and silent on sculptors; whereas folktales take contradictory position towards this phenomenon. The folktales, Myths and legends on sculptors of south India narrate the dark shades of the life of sculptors. The present paper is intended to explore the tales from south India and hypothetically propose the four processes occurring in …
Multidimensional Performance Measures as Inductors of the Adoption of Best Practices and the Achievement of Projects’ Goals
“Sebrae at your doorstep” is the program designed by Sebrae, the Brazilian Micro and Small Business Support Service, to actively approach companies offering basic management tools and its catalogue of business solutions. In 2014 it was executed in 24 states of Brazil, having reached 451 thousand companies. Its Responsibility Matrix involves responsibilities from the states …
Russia and UK: Studying the Problem of Energy Efficiency in Household Sector
Energy efficiency in household sector has recently become an issue of pressing topicality according to the latest studies and reviews in this domain. The issue can be found in numerous publications of the renowned scientists of the past and nowadays it is still receiving a wide support. There is a number of circumstances connected with …
Sustainable Advances of Windows in Energy Efficient Buildings: A Perspective Novelty Integrating of New Conceptual Solutions
As result of building industry and its produces, buildings account more than one third of the primary energy use and roughly a quarter of the generation of greenhouse gases worldwide. Therefore, a reduction of the energy demand of buildings and increased use of renewable energy are of a high importance of climate change mitigation as …
Determinants of Residential Building Occupants’ Behavior in Sustainable Living a Questionnaire Survey in Hong Kong
Green building movement has been playing a major role in sustainable urbanism as well as current architectural development. In addition to its energy achievement, it could be influencing our living style according to some Environment and Behavior (EB) studies. EB research showed that there are transactions between individuals and their physical setting that could change …
Conflict Resolution and Crisis of Governnance in Africa the Case of Nigeria
Undoubtedly everyman desires peace on the conviction that it is the secret of development, and self attainment. Yet, societal relationship elicits unprecedented contest which sometimes degenerates into violence at individual and communal levels. Man is therefore faced with the contradiction of desires and reality. The adequacy of a modern government could largely be measured by …
Investigating the Information Preferences of University Researchers in the Philippines: Sketching the Collection Profile of the Future
This study found out that compared to its neighboring Southeast Asian countries, Philippines ranked only 5th in university research outputs with Scopus presence. Scopus data from October 2013 to September 2014 revealed that Singapore, which topped the region in the number of accepted articles, was able to come up with 9,039 submitted articles from its …
Best Practices of School Inclusion for Pupils with SEN
Throughout the last 40 years, there has been an increasing need to implement effective inclusive school models, and these are often based on the principles emerging from the Salamanca Conference (1994) and the UNESCO Guidelines on Inclusion (2005). Although the current trend is to include students with special education needs (SEN) in a common school …
Eco-Efficiency Assessment in Apple Production and Storage in the Northeast of Portugal
Cost reduction, product quality, and customer demands have been pressing the agro-industrial sector to adopt more sustainable practices. Assessing the environmental performance of the food sector worldwide is crucial to reduce the environmental impact of agricultural and industrial practices. This study focus on the assessment of the eco-efficiency of the apple production and storage in …
EAPM-CW:’ An Ecosystem Approach Framework for Planning and Management of Coastal Wetlands
This paper presents the ‘EAPM-CW’ as a new methodological framework for planning and management of coastal wetlands, which was developed mainly upon principles of the Ecosystem Approach. The EA ‘Ecosystem Approach’ is the most internationally recommended to meet sustainable development especially in such sensitive ecosystems, as it has been recommended by several international organizations such …
Exploring the Mediating Role of Employee Motivation in the Relationship Between Post-Selection Human Resource Management (Hrm) Practices and Organizational Performance
The purpose of this cross-sectional study was to explore the meditating role of employee motivation in the relationship between post-selection Human Resource Management (HRM) practices (training & development, performance evaluation system, career development system, extrinsic and intrinsic rewards) and perceived performance of Islamic Banks operating in Pakistan. This study was based on primary data collected …
Is there any Connection/Relation between Ad Creativity and “Old Brain”? Analyzing Awarded Advertisements through Neuromarketing
Creativity is a central component of advertising success and in a close relation with the other components like getting interest and attention. Many awards in the advertising business focus on creativity, only a few focus on the effectiveness of advertising. Neuromarketing is a new field of advertising research which tries to understand consumer’s mind. It’s …
Analysis of Trail Visitors When They Pay Visit to a National Forest in Taiwan
Management of hiking trails on national forest is very important business in Taiwan. Trail visitors are demanding higher quality of forest trail experience making official foresters to take delicate management prescriptions on forest trails. Budget and man power are the primary two concerns. With limited budget and man power, some of old and dangerous forest …
ISSN: 2189-1060 – The IAFOR North American Conference on Education 2014: Official Conference Proceedings
NACE 2014, Providence, Rhode Island, USA
Conference Theme 2014: “Transforming and Changing Education: Power, In/equalities and Social Justice”
Thursday, September 25, 2014 – Sunday, September 28, 2014
ISSN: 2189-1060
A Critical Study of Mahfouz’s Representation of the Oppressed ‘Intellectual’ During the ‘Nasserite Experiment’
An intellectual can be defined as “someone able to speak the truth, a courageous and angry individual for whom no worldly power is too big and imposing to be criticized and pointedly taken to task. The real or “true” intellectual is therefore always an outsider, living in self-imposed exile, and on the margins of society. …
The Party’s Command: Explaining the Near Absence of Military Coups in Communist Countries
Why are military coups almost nonexistent in communist countries, despite the fact that democratic, and authoritarian regimes in the developing world have repeatedly demonstrated serious vulnerability to such way of seizing power? Although there is an abundance of scholarly works that concentrated on explaining the nature of military coups, none have delivered a comprehensive analysis …
Mathematical Modeling – A Synthesis of Qualitative Research: A Proposal for an Integrated Mathematics and Science Modeling Cycle
The purpose of this study was to synthesize qualitative research findings about mathematical modeling at the high school and college levels focusing on the inquiry processes applied during modeling. A total of 19 primary studies published in peer-reviewed journals between January 1, 2000, and February 28, 2013, with a total of 1,290 subjects met the …
Cultivating Honesty: Salary and Corruption in the Yuan Through the Eyes of Officials and Scholars
The establishment of Chinese-style, centralized bureaucracy by Kublai beginning in 1260 was mirrored by the development of a payment structure for officials, a process which took almost two decades to complete. For the first time since the birth of the Mongol Empire in 1206, officials formally began receiving salaries from the government for their work. …
The Usefulness of Curriculum Mapping in Writing Learning Modules
This study sought to determine the usefulness of curriculum mapping in teaching Asian History. As the High School Social Studies Coordinator, I found it essential to conduct a research on how curriculum maps enable the teachers in our academic unit to articulately plan the curriculum and effectively deliver instruction. Is curriculum mapping useful in teaching …
A Case Study on the School Counselor’s Work Predicaments at Elementary Schools in Xinzhung District, New Taipei City
This study aims to investigate the Work Difficulties and Social Support of New Full-time Counselors in junior high school, and then to provide some practical suggestions to the situation. This study adopted a qualitative research method. The subjects were six full-time junior high school counselors who were selected by purposeful sampling from Xinzhung District, New …
From Conceptualization to Reflection: A Transnational Model for Preparing and Ensuring Robust Clinical Experiences in Teacher Preparation Programs
A major challenge for teacher candidates is meeting the demands of the clinical practice experience which assesses how they make connections between their theoretical knowledge base and the real classroom experience. The critical integration of knowledge and pedagogy in academic subjects, the use of research-based, scientifically proven strategies and assessment practices, and the understanding of …
Minimalist Program and Ease of Language Acquisition: Investigating Chomsky’s Uniformity, Simplicity, Economy
The minimalist program is in part a reaction to some problems that have afflicted GB theory. A theory of grammar introduced by Chomsky in 1995 as an advance on government/binding theory while remaining within the general paradigm of the principle and parameters model of universal grammar. The cornerstone of the theory is that grammars should …
Developing a Model for Academic Deans’ Leadership Styles in the UAE
Leadership in higher education has been the focus of increasing debate and concern for nearly two decades. Although academic deans play a critical role to the success of higher education institutions and study a great extent of subjects, they have not been widely studied themselves, particularly research addressing their leadership styles. The purpose of this …
Classifying and Defining Heterogeneity within Antisocial Behaviour
Antisocial behaviour is often classified into physically aggressive and non-aggressive behaviour with respect to the aetiology, correlates and development trajectories (e.g. Burt, 2012; Maughan et. al., 2000). However, every research uses different terminologies for certain types of antisocial behaviour. For instance, one research (Fassnacht, 2010) uses relational versus instrumental whereas another one (e.g. Pardini & …
Impact of Financial Reward on Employees’ Commitment in College of Education, Ikere-Ekiti, Ekiti State
The need for increased efficiency has become extremely important in educational institutions like the College of Education, Ikere-Ekiti. In order to bring about staff efficiency, managers must put in place strategies to help workers achieve maximum efficiency on the job. One of such strategies is financial reward. This study therefore examines the impact of financial …
Bibliotherapy in the Malaysian Public Libraries: A Conceptual Framework
The formation of an information society is for the development of society and it is a ticket to face the challenge especially in social, cultural and economic. While information literacy is a prerequisite to role in the formation of knowledge society and it is an element of a basic human needs of lifelong learning. Key …
Sustainable Development in the Ovop Movement: Human Resource Development in Community Organizations in Japan
This study is concerned with sustainable development in the OVOP movement in Japan. The findings of the OVOP movement are compared and contrasted according to sustainable development approach. To support this aim, this study uses qualitative method of data collection which is in-depth semi-structured interviews. This method offers insight and help to explore unexpected phenomena …
Website Labels Construction Based on Thesaurus Concepts
Website labels are the identifiers used to represent chunks of website contents after organizing information. The design of website labels provides visual and cognitive cues that bring the efficient retrieving channels between users and website contents. Website labels will affect whether users can acquire the required information efficiently and intuitively. This study attempts to apply …
Computer-Assisted Memory Retention
Students need to memorize a large amount of information for studies and examinations. But the majority of them are frustrated because they encounter problems for memory: It is easier to forget than to remember. It is believed that items can be stored in two ways: short-term and long-term memory in the brain. Items in short …
Practicing Ecopsychology in Brunei Darussalam: Creating Clay Vessels in Memory of a Disappearing Landscape
Ceramists are generally thought of as studio artists that craft either functional ware (pottery) or nonfunctional ware (fine art/sculpture). Sometimes, if they are a teaching artist working in an art center or university, they might be obliged to be an expert in both of these artistic categories. Martie Geiger-Ho is a teaching artist (senior lecturer) …
Introducing Cinemagraphs as a New Format for Fashion Online Advertising in Korea
Fashion marketing has used different ways to promote fashion goods, including advertisement. Print or digital media were exploited, however, both format have its strengths and weaknesses whereas the industry needs something more creative and attractive. This study is about introducing and creating cinemagraphs as a new format for fashion advertisement, particularly in Korea. Cinemagraphs are …
Pecha Kucha: How to Improve Students’ Presentation Skills
Giving a presentation can often be one of the more challenging tasks asked of our students and even the most confident of speakers can sometimes give a presentation which lacks clarity and focus. Add to this the additional challenge of presenting in a language other than their mother tongue and some students may well begin …
Pragmatic (Im)Politeness and Group Gender Composition in Face-To-Face and Virtual Communication: Tunisian Undergraduate Students as a Case Study
Although the literature on group gender composition in the classroom derives from a variety of research disciplines, including sociolinguistics and educational psychology, little attention has been paid to approaching this contextual factor pragmatically. This study, therefore, uses Brown and Levinson’s (1987) and Culpeper’s (1996) pragmatic theories of (im)politeness in investigating the impact of different group …
In Search of an Effective Online Campus for Online-only Universities
This is an interim report on an investigation into the psychological and social problems in online campus life at online-only universities. The immediate goal of this research is to search for an effective communication platform for the online campus at the Tokyo Online University (TOU), which has opened its doors to student in April, 2018. …
Developing Social Media Policy for Public Agencies in Egypt
The use of social media tools in Egyptian government, while still relatively new, is gaining acceptance at all levels of government which is widely reflected in the number of social media pages for Egyptian ministries. By logging on Facebook or Twitter you can follow most of Egyptian ministries updated releases and news. Yet, the Egyptian …
Stepping Out of the Comfort Zone’: Pre-Service Teachers’ Reflections on International Service-Learning
Within the field of teacher education, international service-learning (ISL) provides a unique opportunity to help future graduates develop intercultural awareness and competencies. This is significant given the diverse range of cultural backgrounds found in many Australian schools, and particularly in many major urban settings. With a depth of experience in the area of ISL, the …
The Dynamism of Old Wooden Houses within the Chiang Mai City Wall
Cultural sustainability is one of the key factors for sustainable development apart from economic growth, environmental stewardship, and social inclusion. It is also associated with protecting, preserving and conserving tangible and intangible heritage. Architectural conservation, giving a sense of identity, spiritual and symbolic as well as functional and economic values, plays an important part for …
Reevaluating the Relationship between Millennial Students, Their Parents, and Professors When Teaching a Study-Abroad Course: Searching for More Success
When the new millennium approached, educators looked toward the 21st century with either excitement or concern. As a perfect time for of self-reflection, many universities and colleges began to pay attention to a new generation of students that began arriving on campuses in 2000. Since then, much of the research has focused on identifying their …
A Proactive Framework for Protecting Personal Information at Risk: Taiwan Experiences
Many organizations have collected data about individuals at an increasing rate. Online attacks against computer systems are on the increase and are frequently considered dangerous for some organizations. It��s about time to manage privacy and security of on-line information by reviewing their fundamentals and principles as well as relevant laws and regulations. Concerns of privacy …
Developing Research Skills of the Third Year Teachers Students Using the RTI Model in Thailand
This research aimed to 1) develop research skills of the third year students, 2) develop teaching method by using the RTI MODEL for suitable instruction. The target groups were 44 third year students who chose to take a social study major of the faculty of education. The research instruments were (1) 4 cycles of lesson …
The Effects of Inquiry-based Learning on Understanding Writing and Presentation Classroom Research Proposal of Science Student Teachers
The purpose of this research were to study 1) understanding of classroom research, 2) writing ability of classroom research proposal, 3) presentation ability of classroom research proposal, and 4) attitude toward the inquiry-based learning of science student teachers’ that they were studying 4th years in the second semester of academic year 2019 at UdonThani Rajabhat …
Current Issues on Vocational and Technical Education in Nigeria
The study was primarily designed to investigate current issues on vocational and technical education (VTE) in Nigeria. Specific objectives were: (1) to explore recent policies, practices and problems regarding vocational and technical education; and (2) to emerge solutions on vocational and technical education for economic and human resource development in Nigeria. The study employed ‘documentary …
Gamification of Web Based Learning Environment for Physics Problem Solving
In today’s digital generation, gamification has become a popular tactic to encourage specific behaviors, and increase motivation and engagement. While having this idea successfully used mostly in business and commercial contexts, it’s suggested by some researchers that application of game mechanics can be used in web based education to ease the common pain points in …
Integration of Flipped Classroom Approach and Project-Based Learning in an Undergraduate Engineering Course
Encouraged by the increasing numbers of successful cases both on Flipped Classroom approach and project-based learning around the world, the authors transformed the instructional method of an undergraduate engineering course at the fall semester of 2013. After 80% of original course slides were converted into video clips, students of the course were instructed to facilitate …
English Education and Polysemy
The process of learning and teaching two languages and cultures can be a very transformative experience. This paper explores how knowledge is constructed by learners and teachers through two languages. From an applied linguistics approach, we focus particular attention on the correlation between L1 and L2 in language education. How does L1 affect the L2 …
A Study on the Energy Certified and Consuming of the Supermarkets in Taiwan
The European Union issued the “EPBD (Energy Performance of Building Directive)” in 2009, as a building energy consumption labeling standards. Taiwan’s government to conform to the international trends, try to establish building energy certification especially for the retail store. The growth in the supermarket of Taiwan is very rapid, the number of the country more …
The Teaching of Grammar through Storytelling among L1 Malay Learners
English language teachers have always been trying to find new and interesting methods of teaching English grammar in the ESL classroom. Storytelling, although an aged-old method, can captivate students’ attention, interest and imagination. This method is also known as an analogy. Generally, students find learning grammar a fearful experience because of the various grammar rules …
Improving Nature of Science Understandings through Scientific Inquiry
The main goal of this naturalistic case study was to examine prospective secondary science teachers’ developing understanding of nature of science while engaging in guided scientific inquiry. A computer simulation of inheritance processes was used in combination with small-group discussions and collaborating learning groups to enhance participants’ understandings of nature of science. Structuring scientific inquiry …
An Exploration of One Learner’s Affective Experiences and FLA Development from a DST Perspective
The mainstream studies regarding FLA affective experiences focused more on negative emotions, particularly language anxiety; whereas other emotions that one may experience over the course of language learning, such as enjoyment, relief, gratitude have been understudied. In this paper, I will present and discuss the findings of a six-month longitudinal study which aimed to investigate …
Increasing ESP Student Engagement through a Process of Structured Feedback
Student engagement is a common concern among many instructors in higher education (Fraser, 2012). This is particularly true relative to student feedback. Indeed, of all the responsibilities inherent in university teaching, grading papers and offering feedback is considered one of the most important, yet least enjoyable among instructors. There are numerous reasons for this, including …
The Bridge between Problems and Solutions in Design: Taking a Toddler’s Case as an Example
Problem solving in Industrial Design is focused on the realization of ideas. At the end, the ideas are applied as practical design solutions for product development. Designers generate ideas to solve problems based on their past experiences and creative thinking. However, there has been a gap between problem identification and solution generation within the design …
Bioclimatic Solar Home Design in Bangkok, Thailand
This research aimed to study the bioclimatic home design in Bangkok, Thailand, and the installation of Photovoltaic System on the roof. By collecting the climate data from sample single-story house in Bangkok, having an open courtyard of dimension 4.00 x 4.00 meters. It is observed that the key of bioclimatic solar home design comprises of …
The Using of Guidance Process for Promoting Opportunity of Adolescent Mothers in Udon Thani
The purposes of this study were to study the needs and the guidelines for supporting of opportunities educational, career, and personal and social of adolescent mothers by using of guidance process for promoting opportunity of adolescent mothers. The participants of this research were 6 adolescent mothers by purposively selected that they were early pregnancy before …
A Study of the Mutual Phonetic Resemblance between Japanese and Chinese: Quantification of the Difficulty of Phonetic Cross-comprehension
This study investigated mutual phonetic resemblances of Chinese ideograms in both Japanese and Chinese by analyzing a database of 1078 kanji (Chinese ideograms in Japanese) extracted from the two volumes of the Japanese grammar textbook Minna no Nihongo. The aim of this analysis was to help learners of Chinese (or of Japanese, or both simultaneously) …
Exploring CLIL Tasks in EFL Classrooms: Development of Mock English Television Advertisements for Raising Intercultural and Media Awareness
This study aimed to investigate the effects of having Japanese university students create mock English television advertisements as a CLIL (Content and Language Integrated Learning) task for developing intercultural and media awareness in English communication classes. After a preliminary study in a different class, an advertising development task was introduced as a part of the …
Filmmaking Theory for Vertical Video Production
Smartphones have changed the world and now mobile users are consuming more vertical video than ever before (Richards 2017). In particular, vertical video is gaining popularity amongst content makers for social media since the aspect ratio typically suits how mobile phone users hold their phones and therefore how they are now watching video content (ScientiaMobile …
Hidden Treasures: A Meaningful 3D Experience
This paper presents an experiment of pedagogy through active work in the classroom. It aims at giving students the opportunity to create bilingual pop up books through a project-based teaching method. It has been successfully carried out for five years. Pupils start developing the project in several steps throughout the year. First, they are asked …
Developing Teachers’ Computational Skills through a Systematic Professional Development Course in Malaysia
In this paper, we describe a 3-day workshop as part of a school teacher professional development course in introducing teachers to computational thinking (CT) concepts in Malaysia. The workshop emphasizes problem solving that utilizes teachers’ prior knowledge in their subject area, together with CT skills to help them understand the nature and scope of problem. …
OP Observer – A Class Observation Tool for Measuring the Effectiveness of Teaching Practice
The aim of this paper is to present an evaluation of the effectiveness of a class observation tool in measuring learner-centred practice at a New Zealand tertiary institution. This research arose from an awareness that many lecturers are still mainly providing teacher-centred classes, which have been proven to be less effective and engaging for the …
The Role of Lectures and Factors Affecting Individual Working Competency of Students at Thai Nguyen University, Vietnam Through Mathematical Modeling Process
For university training, all teaching processes aim at developing and perfecting occupational competencies for learners. In the study of teaching mathematics at Thai Nguyen University, Vietnam, we consider mathematical modeling as a way to help students solve problems mathematically. Accordingly, the main role of teachers in these situations mostly include: to build learning environment, conduct …
Experiences of Outstanding Principals as Mentors: Policy Inputs to a Viable Mentoring Program in DepEd – Division of Pasig City
This paper aims to understand the everyday experiences of outstanding principals as mentors cum school leaders, analyze their challenges and secrets to successful school leadership and management, and propose policies for a viable mentoring program in DepEd – Division of Pasig City. In the context of this study, mentoring is a learning and development (L …
Ethical Practices in Vocational Technical Education: A Sure Way to Sustainable Vocational Education in Nigeria
Ethics defines good or bad. When applied to institutions, it allows groups to determine fair and appropriate procedures of doing things. Vocational and Technical Education (VTE) is the form of education which is obtainable at Technical Colleges and designed to prepare individuals to acquire technical or practical knowledge/vocational skills, basic and scientific knowledge necessary for …
Redefining Dwelling for the Anthropocene
Between 1970 and 2015, the average size of newly constructed homes in the United States, increased by 79%, from a size of 1,500 to 2,687 square feet. This shift has redefined our conception of the family unit and inherently, it has also redefined their habitation needs. With an estimated third of households in the United …
Analysis of Visuals in Political Science Textbooks to Identify its Role in Encouraging Higher Order Thinking in Students
Visuals, including photographs, sketches, and schematic diagrams, are a valuable aspect of textbooks. Visuals in the textbook attract attention and help in the retention of information. It also enhances understanding and creates a context for learning. Schools are also emphasizing ‘higher-order thinking (HOT)’, rather than memorization of a cannon of topics. HOT occurs when a …
Supporting 21st Century Skills in Language and Literacy Classrooms with a Multiliteracies Approach
Educational leaders, governments and international organizations have responded to the combined forces of globalization and socio-technological transformation by formulating new education frameworks to attempt to equip young people with an education relevant to the needs of today. Some of these initiatives, such as the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization’s Education for Sustainable Development …
Increasing Student Independence and Interdependence in Multidisciplinary Language Courses
In this presentation we will focus on independence and interdependence among students and teachers in two multi-disciplinary courses, Business French and Translation for Professional Needs. We will argue that the success of our interdisciplinary practices is consistent with major tendencies in university education – increasing learner autonomy and growing interdependence between language studies and other …
The Development and Deployment of Mobile Music Application for Literacy Enhancement (M2APPLE)
We present in this paper the design, implementation, and broad scale deployment and use strategy of a Mobile Music Application for Literacy Enhancement (M2APPLE)that leverages the fun activity of Karaoke music as a motivational and complementary tool to learning English as a second or even third language. English language illiteracy is a particularly endemic problem …
Questions of Entrepreneurship Education for International Students
Micro-, small and medium-sized enterprises are the accelerators of national economies, and the existence, the successful performance and the development of these enterprises play an important role in developed and underdeveloped regions of the world. The aim of the paper is to give insight into the special topics and methods of entrepreneurship education for international …
Does Sociality Become Virtual or Natural in Social Network Services? The Example of Facebook
Sociality means a number of individuals living and interacting together, which can lead to complicated social relationships and structure. In recent years, Social network services (SNSs) and online communities have been growing quickly. SNSs offer a variety of social behaviors that simultaneously expand and challenge our conventional understanding of sociability. Specifically, SNSs provide flexible and …
Fundamental Foundations in Early Childhood Development
At its core, there are three pillars critical to support this foundation. First, ethics – development of personality and values; a vital element to helping a child learn their role within society and culture. Secondly, innovative pedagogy – captivating a child’s mind through curriculum and activities built for specific learning styles. Language, sensory, and social …
A Prototype System for Practicing English Speaking
In this study, we developed a prototype system that helps students practice speaking English. When students speak English, they may have difficulty expressing their intentions in real time, even when they know the correct words and phrases. To think of the correct English terms smoothly, it is important that students use the language knowledge they …
A Language Proficiency Test that Works
Either out of inadequate technology or for the sake of convenience, most language proficiency tests tend to oversimplify students’ diverse needs and provide one size fit all solutions. Take Oxford Young Learners Placement Test for example. One part of this test combines grammar, vocabulary and functional language use. A student gets a final score and …
Stories of Diaspora of Overseas Filipino Workers in Singapore: A Management Perspective
This qualitative study focused on the documentation and analysis of the narratives on the diaspora stories of the overseas Filipino workers in Singapore in the contexts of their fear, opportunities, and management initiatives, viewed through management perspectives. The Filipino diaspora has gone global having overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) present in all parts of the world. …
Innovations in Hospitality and Tourism Education in Vietnam: A Hypothetical Framework
In Vietnam, the number of international tourists is increasing and their needs become more diverse. However, workers in the hospitality and tourism industry do not meet the demands due to lack of professional skills. Therefore, it is necessary to innovate the skills of workers through education, especially through innovative pedagogical approaches. Supporting teachers to innovate …
Teaching English to Refugees in Greece: The Case of Lexena School – Challenges and Possibilities
In the last year Greece has experience an influx of refugees, this has been associated with forces having a highly destructive character, resulting in a continuing transformation of existing notions concerning the proper forms of teaching and boundaries of such fundamental phenomena as culture and education. Integration processes have also involved dramatic changes in national …
Connectivism as a Driver to Improve Citizen Learning in Cognitive Cities: A Literature Review
Society has changed as a result of the new technologies of the digital age. In addition, we are living today a knowledge explosion, what was considered to be powerful knowledge yesterday, is in doubt today, and may disappear tomorrow. As a consequence, earlier learning theories no longer interpret learning activities of learners in a digital …
Healing Village: Implementing Biomimicry, Natural Architecture to Promote Sustainability in Healthcare
Sustainability in healthcare is essential to have many beneficial outcomes. Healing Village is a healthcare project in Tehran, Iran which was designed for all people living in the surrounding community as well as patients. This project aims to spread long-term health and well-being among neighbors and takes advantage of the surrounding resources from biomimicry and …
Application of Google Street View Application for Footpaths’ Inspection in Nakhonratchasima City Municipality, Thailand
Walking is one way to increase physical activity regardless of whether the purpose of walking is for transportation or leisure. Therefore, this paper aims to inspect urban footpaths in term of infrastructures and facilities based on data of Footpath Standard Inspection (FSI) from the Ministry of Transport (MOT). This study selected 5 routes of Nakhonratchasima …
Contrastive Interlanguage Analysis of Modal Auxiliary Verb Usage by Japanese Learners of English in Argumentative Essays
This research concludes that Japanese non-native English speakers (JNNSs) use modal auxiliary verbs in a way that differs from what native speakers (NSs) use from two perspectives: frequency of occurrence and verb phrase structures (VPSs) where modals occur. To lead this conclusion, JNNSs’ usage of nine central modals (‘can’, ‘could’, ‘may’, ‘might’, ‘shall’, ‘should’, ‘will’, …
Matriarchs Matter: Family Influences to Scientific Thinking of Women of Color in the Community College
In the University of California system, community college transfer students comprise of 48% of graduates with STEM bachelor’s degrees (Community College League of California, 2015). This demonstrates that two-year colleges help pave the career pathways of community college students, many of which are students from underrepresented backgrounds in STEM fields. To cultivate the potential of …
Relationship Between Gender, Culture Adaptation and Employment Equity – the Case of Foreigners in Japan
This paper explores two issues: the relation between gender and adaptation and gender and job equity of international students in Japan. The continued increase in the number of international students has caused a corresponding increase in a variety of problems and challenges regarding overseas study (Gebhard, 2012; Li et al., 2014). The problem of adjustment, …
Planning the Informal, or In-Formal Planning
Town Planners are very apt at planning the informal; we design and implement things like sidewalk parks, weekend markets, back alley concerts, etc., all at an attempt to make the city seem a little less stifled. Some call it “tactical urbanism”, others simply call it “informal urbanism”. While we plan the informal, seldom do we …
Table with a Half-oval Hole as Individual Treatment Table of ABA Therapy for Autistic Children in Indonesian Autism Therapy Center as an Effective Design to Overcome Behavior
ABA (Applied behavior analaysis) therapy, introduced by Ivar lovaas, is a widely used method for autism therapy in the world due to its success rate. In this therapy, a table is used during individual treatment as a medium for giving instruction and performing tasks between a therapist and an autistic child. In general, this table …
Boost Sight Reading Skills of Students Using Melodic Ostinato
This study aims to boost the sight-reading skills of the inexperienced grade six students through the use of melodic ostinato patterns as a strategy. Prior to the demonstration teaching, information about the current status of music education in the provincial setting was gathered and generated through field observations and interviews with the students and music …
Perceived Benefits and Challenges of Flipped Classroom: Voices From Teachers in Hong Kong’s Higher Education
Flipped classroom is increasingly being adopted in higher education institutions worldwide. Many studies on flipped classroom focused on evaluating its impact on students’ learning outcomes. Relatively little is known about the perceived benefits and challenges of flipped classroom from the teachers’ perspective. The present research conducted in-depth interviews with 21 teachers from diverse academic disciplines …
Reflection of ‘2019 Indian Lok Sabha Elections’ Through Political Cartoons
Political cartoons are a powerful medium of expressing thoughts (social issues/events) without using verbal language, which expresses the hidden meanings. The focus of the research is to understand the power and importance of political cartoons. This research will examine how media organisations setting the agenda with the help of political cartoons. How culture and ideology …
Coverage of Various Communication Platforms: A Guide for Marketing Universities
The digital era has ushered the rise in the utilization of alternative communication platforms in integrated marketing communications (IMC). These include the use by organizations of traditional media and newer online media. The sole or combined utilization is driven by the platform’s coverage, cost, contribution, commonality, complementarities, cross-effects, and conformability. The contemporary business environment necessitates …
Ingmar Bergman’s Portrayal of Death and Dreams in His Autobiographically Influenced Films Leading to a New Film Language
This paper argues that the films of the Swedish director, Ingmar Bergman has been inspired from his early life. This autobiographical element in his art forms lead to the creation of unique masterpieces with stylistic techniques which are unprecedented thus giving rise to a completely new language of film. By analyzing four of his films:“Fanny …
Professional Growth Through Professional Employment Program
In the second semester of school year 2012-2013, JRU pioneered a special training program for graduating students in partnership with LiveIt, a subsidiary of the Ayala Group of Companies. An initial group of 81 highly-motivated graduating students from the College of Business Administration were chosen as the first group for the Professional Employment Program (PEP). …
Influence of Nonverbal Component on Credibility Assessment in High Stakes Situations
Mimic expression is one of the most significant variables in the process of interpersonal communication. Author of this research tries to establish if deception can be detected through deciphering mimic expressions. With the help of the newest technological equipment, we try to verify the claims about human face as emotional conduit and its usefulness in …
Administrative Support and Teacher Efficiency: A Study of Teachers’ Perspectives from Pakistan
Implementation and enhancement of learned teaching methodologies depends on the support teachers receive from the administration. (Cavanagh and Silcox as cited in Rawat, Thomas and Qazi, 2012). This study articulates the opinion of trained secondary school teachers graduated from Notre Dame Institute of Education (NDIE) about the “Administrative Support and Teacher Efficiency” school teachers during …
I am for ADHD: An Exploration in the Lives of and its Effects in Children with ADHD
With various economic problems being faced by the Philippines, managing children with ADHD in the country requires not only effort and time but entails greater financial challenges as well. The study was conducted in a public school in Manila, which caters to students who belong to considerably low socio-economic status. These children can rarely sustain …
Education After the Arab Spring: Alternative Philosophy to Develop Awareness Towards the Other
Young children of Arab countries after the Arab Spring are experiencing great political pressure, conflicting ideologies, and are becoming a laboratory for violence and warfare, lacking positive relationships and community participation. These children instead of growing in maturity and spiritual insightfulness are overwhelmed with various hedonistic pursuits. What is needed is a foundational system of …
Imperatives of Globalization on Growth of Emerging Economies : Evidence From Nigeria (1980-2013)
Study investigates the impact of globalization on Nigeria’s economic growth. This study covers the periods between 1990 to 2013. Quantitative research methodology was adopted using Augmented Dickey- Fuller unit-root test, to test for stationarity of the variables. The result of the stationarity (unit root) test shows that, the variables were all stationary at first difference. …